Street-cleaner&#39;s truck.



No. 831,470. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. J. REHM & T. VON GERIGHTBN.

STREET CLEANERS TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1900.-

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J. REHM & T. VON GBRIOHTBN. STREET GLEANERS TRUCK.

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JOHN REHM AND THEODOR VON GERICHTEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STREET-CLEANERS TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed May 21, 1906. Serial No. 317,932.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN REHM and THEODOR VON GERIcH'rEN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Street-Cleaners Truck, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparatus to be used by street-cleaners.

The object of the invention is to produce a truck of simple construction which will afford means for carrying a receptacle, such as a can, conveniently, which will facilitate the raising and dumping of the refuse from the street into the receptacle, and which will facilitate the removal and replacing of the receptacle upon the truck.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully de scribed hereinafter, and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the fig ures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing the manner in which it is used in practice, a portion of the scoop or pan which raises the refuse or dirt being broken away and shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1, but representing the scoop in. the act of dumping into the receptacle or can. Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the manner in which the receptacle or can may be removed from or replaced upon the truck; and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the device, showing the parts in the relation indicated in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the truck of the device, which comprises a frame 2, mounted upon a pair of wheels 3, disposed on each side, as indicated, and supported at the rear upon a trailerwheel 1. This frame 2 comprises a pair of substantially semicircular bars 5 and 6, which substantially encircle the rear half portion of the receptacle or can 7. This can is supported upon brackets 8, attached to the frame 2 by means of laterally-projecting trunnions 9, the said brackets being formed with upwardly-opening sockets 10, which receive the trunnions, as indicated most clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The brackets 8 are formed each with a forwardly-projecting arm 11,

and these arms 11 afford means for support-' ing a handle 12, the same being pivotally attached to the forward extremities of the arms, as indicated. This handle 12 consists of two oppositely-disposed bars, the forward extremities whereof are formed into inclined arms 13. These arms carry a pan 14, which is rigidly attached thereto, as shown. In using the device the handles 12 will be thrown into a forwardly-disposed position, as indicated in Fig. 1, so that the pan 14 will descend and rest upon the ground. When in this position, the dirt or refuse which has been collected by the sweeper may be conveniently swept into the pan, whereu on the handles 12 will be rotated toward t e rear into a position such as that shown in Fig. 2. In this way the pan 14 is brought into an elevated position directly above the can or receptacle 7, and the contents of the pan will be dumped into the receptacle, as will be readily understood.

We provide means for rigidly attaching the handles 12 to the frame 2 when the can is to be moved from place to place. For this purpose on opposite sides the upper frame-bar 5 o is provided with brackets 15, there being one bracket on each side of the truck, as shown in F ig..4. Each of these brackets presents a substantially vertically-disposed elongated plate. The upper extremity of this plate is provided on its outer side with a shoulder or stop 16, and pivotally attached to the upper end of the plate 15 above this stop we provide a grapple 17, which grapple consists of a substantially flat plate 18, which is pivotally attached to the bracket, and a hook-plate 19, which is also pivotally attached, the said rest-plate 18 and the hook-plate 19 being independently movable of each other. In Fig. 4 the grapple 17 is shown. in the position which it occupies when holding the handle 12. When in this relation, the rest-plate 18 is supported upon the shoulder 16, projecting in an outward direction from the central axis of the truck. The hook-plate 19 also projects outwardly and overlies the handle. In this way a downward movement of the handles 12 is prevented by the rest-plates, while the hook-plates 19 prevent an upward movement of the handles relatively to the truckframe. When it is desired to throw the grapples 17 out of the way, so that they will not interfere with the movement of the handles, they may be turned inwardly, so as to in this position, the pan is disposed above the Y can, as shown.

We provide means for securing the handles 12 to the truck-frame in a more depressed position, which facilitates the removal and replacing of the can upon the truck in a manner which will be more fully described here inafter. For this purpose the lower eX- tremities of the brackets 15 are preferably turned outwardly slightly, as indicated in Fig. 4., and to their lower extremities we attach hooks 20, respectively, the said hooks being pivotally connected, as shown. These hooks normally hang downwardly below their pivot-points, as indicated in Fig. 4 in ,full lines, but may be rotated upwardly, so

as to occupy the positions in which they are shown in dotted lines. This movement enables them to grasp the handles 12, if they are depressed sufficiently to rest near the lower extremities of the brackets 15. Evidently, when the hooks 2O engage over the handles in this way, a substantially rigid connection is made between the handles and the truck-frame. This enables the truckframe to be tilted readily into such a position as that shown in Fig. 3. When the truckframe is tilted in this way, the sockets 10 will be moved down, so as to come to substantially the same level as the trunnions'9 of the can when resting upon the ground, as in dicated in Fig. 3. Evidently, by rolling the truck toward the can, the sockets may be made to pass over the trunnions, whereupon by. movin the handles 12 downwardly, the can may be raised into its normal position upon the truck.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a truck-frame mounted upon wheels and adapted to be rolled about, handles pivotally mounted on said truck-frame and carrying a pan adapted to be lowered to the ground level, and elevated, a receptacle carried on said frame in position to receive refuse from said pan when elevated, and means for locking said handles to said frame.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a truck-frame mounted upon wheels and adapted to be rolled about, a receptacle mounted upon said frame, handles pivotally attached to said frame and having arms, a pan carried by said arms and ada ted to be raised and lowered by said hand es,

and grapples movably mounted on said frame and adapted to move into the path of said handles, said grapples affording means for locking said handles to said frame.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a truck-frame mounted upon wheels and adapted to be rolled from place to place, a receptacle mounted on said frame, handles pivotally mounted on said frame, brackets carried by said frame, and means carried by said brackets for securing said handles in an elevated or a depressed position.

4. In a device of the class described, in combination, a truckframe mounted upon wheels and adapted to be rolled from place to place, handles pivotally mounted on said frame, a pan carried by said handles and adapted to be raised and lowered thereby, brackets attached to said frame, grapples carried by the upper portions of said brackets, said grapples being movable and ada ted to lie normally in the path of said han les to lock the same tosaid frame, and hookplates below said grapples and affording means for holding said handles in a more depressed position, said grapples being adapted to be moved out of the paths of said handles.

5. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a truck-frame having a bracket.

presenting sockets, a receptacle having trunnions supported in said sockets, handles pivotally supported on said frame, means for locking said handles to said frame in a normal position, and means for locking said handles to said frame in a position depressedv with respect to said normal position.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'JOHN REIIM. THEODOR VON GERICHTEN.

Witnesses:

J ULIUS ORANTZ, JOHN HERMSTORF. 

